diff --git a/container/SharedRingBuffer.cpp b/container/SharedRingBuffer.cpp
index afcd89c7..001a21ed 100644
--- a/container/SharedRingBuffer.cpp
+++ b/container/SharedRingBuffer.cpp
@@ -3,15 +3,14 @@
 #include <framework/ipc/MutexHelper.h>
 
 SharedRingBuffer::SharedRingBuffer(object_id_t objectId, const size_t size,
-		bool overwriteOld, size_t maxExcessBytes, dur_millis_t mutexTimeout):
+		bool overwriteOld, size_t maxExcessBytes):
 		SystemObject(objectId), SimpleRingBuffer(size, overwriteOld,
 		maxExcessBytes) {
 	mutex = MutexFactory::instance()->createMutex();
 }
 
 SharedRingBuffer::SharedRingBuffer(object_id_t objectId, uint8_t *buffer,
-		const size_t size, bool overwriteOld, size_t maxExcessBytes,
-		dur_millis_t mutexTimeout):
+		const size_t size, bool overwriteOld, size_t maxExcessBytes):
 		SystemObject(objectId), SimpleRingBuffer(buffer, size, overwriteOld,
 		maxExcessBytes) {
 	mutex = MutexFactory::instance()->createMutex();
diff --git a/container/SharedRingBuffer.h b/container/SharedRingBuffer.h
index 69a3d724..102cc6be 100644
--- a/container/SharedRingBuffer.h
+++ b/container/SharedRingBuffer.h
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ public:
 	 * will be overwritten.
 	 */
 	SharedRingBuffer(object_id_t objectId, const size_t size,
-			bool overwriteOld, size_t maxExcessBytes,
-			dur_millis_t mutexTimeout = 10);
+			bool overwriteOld, size_t maxExcessBytes);
 
 	/**
 	 * This constructor takes an external buffer with the specified size.
@@ -36,8 +35,7 @@ public:
 	 * will be overwritten.
 	 */
 	SharedRingBuffer(object_id_t objectId, uint8_t* buffer, const size_t size,
-			bool overwriteOld, size_t maxExcessBytes,
-			dur_millis_t mutexTimeout = 10);
+			bool overwriteOld, size_t maxExcessBytes);
 
 	/**
 	 * Unless a read-only constant value is read, all operations on the